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Joseph Swan

Joseph Wilson Swan

British physicist and inventor (1828-1914).

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Statements about Joseph Swan

Member Of

Royal Institution
Royal Society

Place of Death

Surrey

Date of Birth

10/31/1828

Date of Death

5/27/1914

Instance Of

Human

Place of Birth

Sunderland

Award Received

Fellow of the Royal Society
Legion of Honour
Hughes Medal
(1904)
Point in Time
: 1904
Albert Medal
(1906)
Award Rationale
: for the important part he took in the invention of the incandescent electric lamp, and for his invention of the carbon process of photographic printing
Point in Time
: 1906
Knight Bachelor

Occupation

Chemist
Physicist
Inventor

Given Name

Joseph

Field of Work

Physics
Chemistry

Family Name

Swan

Country of Citizenship

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

Languages Spoken, Written or Signed

English

Sex or Gender

Male

Has Works in the Collection

Tate

Name in Native Language

Joseph Wilson Swan

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Described by Source

Dictionary of National Biography, Third Supplement
Encyclopædia Britannica 11th Edition
New International Encyclopedia

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Swan, Joseph Wilson
Statement Is Subject Of
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1911 Encyclopædia Britannica/Swan, Sir Joseph Wilson